Travellers in Africa: British travelogues, 1850-1900

This book shows how the writings of travellers in Africa during the era of Victorian exploration tell us more about nineteenth-century Britain than about Africa. The author places the narratives in their historical an cultural context, and examines how racial images may be affected by social change...

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1. Verfasser: Youngs, Tim 1961- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: [Manchester] [Manchester University Press] 01 Mar 2017
Schriftenreihe:Studies in imperialism
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Zusammenfassung:This book shows how the writings of travellers in Africa during the era of Victorian exploration tell us more about nineteenth-century Britain than about Africa. The author places the narratives in their historical an cultural context, and examines how racial images may be affected by social change and literary form. Through detailed considerations of accounts of African eating habits, of the reported effects of Africa upon the objects the travellers carried with them, and of Stanley's controversial Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, depp anxieties over British social change and cultural identity are exposed. The author argues that such concerns have to be recognised in any discussion on the construction and transmission of racial stereotypes. The book closes with a consideration of Conrad's 'Heart of Darkness' as a travel narrative and contrasts Marlow's Congo with Stanley's
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ISBN:9781526123725
DOI:10.7765/9781526123725

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